Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

which was held at o o'clock this morning
his pulse was found to be somewhat
stronger; but his general condition was not
such as to give any hope of ultimate recov-
cry. DR.. Baxter relieved DR.. Hamilton at
the conclusion of the consultation and con-
tinued in constant attendance until the
Generals DEATH The physicians again
met in consultation at 1 90 p H., when it
was apparent that the patient was rapidly
sinking and could live but a few hours.
At 2 o'clock the General revived suffi-
ciently to recognize his wife, who has been
at his bedside night and day during his en-
tire illness. As she spoke to him he looked
up into her face. and all who were present
knew that he recognized her. This was the
last manifestation of consciousness. He
then wearily closed his eyes and sank again
into lethargic sleep, from which he never
awOke.
Though the doctors had given no word of
hope during the day, yet the attendants as
late as this noon refused to give full Gre
dence to the alarming bulletins, and they
whispered to the enQuirerS something about
the chances that the sturdy frame of the
6Iff6rer and the united skill of the consult
ing physicians would bring revival of Vi
tality sufficient to dominate the insidiOus
poison in his frame; but after noon no one
ventured to express the hope that the suf-
ferer would last during the day.
His intimate friends gathered with the
grief stricken and almost frantic relatives
about the bedside while in the spacious hall
and 'parlors below a sad-faced throng re-
matned in hushed expectancy. Stifed sobs
of the wife and children, and the inartic,l-
late utterances of the dying man, were aud
ible at times throughout the mansion.
At five minutes before 3 O'Clock DR.. Bax-
ter came out of the sick room and said to
one who was waiting for intelligence:
''Simply say he is dying"
Then the voice of prayer at the bedside
rose above the sobs of the stricken mourn
ers, and with its end ended the life of the
warrior statesmen.
Among those who were at the bedside of
the dying man were Senator and Mrs. Cul-
lum and daughter, General Sheridan, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Cockrell, General Raum, Con-
gressmen Henderson and Thomas of Hi
nois and Mrs. Thomas, Senator Miller and
wife, Congressman Symes of Colorado, DR..
Baxter, General Henry Strong and Daniel
erals private secretaries, w. B. Taylor and
Albert Hall.
At the head of the bed knelt Mrs. Logan,
one arm encircling her dying husbands
neck and the hand of the other stroking his
forehead. At her side were John A. Logan,
Jr., and Rev. DR.. Newman. Opposite them
were the daughter Mrs. Tucker, and her
husband, and George A. Logan, the Gener-
ais nephew. 1.-THE scene," said DR.. Bax-
ter, twas one of the saddest that have
ever witnessed. All present were deeply
affected. The grief of Mrs. Logan and her
children was pitiful in the extreme.'
1t is stated that the Generals body will
no doubt be taken to Illinois for burial, but
= definite arrangements for the funeral
VIII be made until tomorrow when Mrs.
Logan, who is wholly prostrated, can be
consulted.
General Logan was elected to Congress as
a Democrat in 1858 and 1860, but he was
among the loyal Democrats, never swerv-
ing from his faith in the Union, and when
the war broke out in 1861, he held with
Stephen A. Douglas that there were buttw
classes of citizens, Unionists and traitors.
He was Unionist.
While in the election of 1860, he advocat-
ed the election of Stephen A. Douglas, he
declared that if Mr.. Lincoln was elected he
would shoulder his musket to have him in
augurated."
In July, 1861, when the first battle of Bull
Run was fought, he was member of Con-
gress, which was then in special session.
When the troops set out for the field, and it
was certain that battle would be fought,